Tuberculosis

With their innovative AI technology, 'DeepTek' is transforming TB diagnosis, drastically reducing wait times and improving healthcare access for underserved communities across India.

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An innovation by DeepTek, a startup co-founded by Dr Amit Kharat and Ajit Patil, Genki utilises 10 million data points to analyse a suspected patient's X-ray and detect TB within seconds.

“The city I left as a young boy had changed. I came back to poverty, apathy, and a general sense of disillusionment. No one should go to bed at night on a hungry stomach. When I meet my maker I need to have my answers ready and be able to look at him and tell him I did all I could to make a difference,” he says.

“Having a person dedicated to my progress, inquiring about my welfare, reminding me to take the medication on time and cheering me up was so reassuring. In many cases, the treatment coordinator visits homes and meets patients at a place of their convenience to give them confidence and strength; something family members also don’t do,” she adds.

Why it matters? Because India has the highest burden of both tuberculosis (TB) and drug-resistant tuberculosis in the world. #Innovation #HealthFirst

Why is the miracle of scientific development not used for the benefit of all patients? Do our lives not matter? Is our suffering excusable? Is your disregard acceptable? Who will be responsible for the catastrophe that unfolds later?

He states, “Despite a population of 1.3 billion, India has a mere 45 labs capable of distinguishing these TB types, which is 0.2 labs per million people. China, with its equivalent population, has 249 labs.”

Here is a collection of 15 such stories that gives a glimpse of important developments reported by Indian scientists during the year.

Stigma often goes hand-in-hand with discrimination or the social exclusion of individuals living with TB.